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Directions MagNo other conflict in recent months has dominated the news as much as COVID-19. This is not a conflict between people, but a conflict between people and a microscopic menace, with effects being felt from the global level to individual neighborhoods. COVID-19 is being mapped in real-time, from the global to local level. Almost every jurisdiction is using geospatial technolgoy to map the spread of the virus and find ways to contain it.
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GITAIn light of the recent travel and gathering restrictions brought on by COVID-19, DATAMARK will host a virtual Public Safety GIS Conference from March 30 through April 3, 2020. This conference is free to attend, and is intended to offer education and support to GIS and Public Safety Professionals whose travel to other conferences, meetings or events have been cancelled.
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Utility DiveIt has been less than a week since states and major cities began instituting quarantines along with stay-home and shelter-in-place directives to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The full impacts on electricity usage are not yet known, but grid operators say demand is both shifting and falling. Data from overseas may give an indication of just how steep the declines could become.
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GISuserA new U.S. Geological Survey map of Puerto Rico shows the relative risks of landslides due to the kind of intense rainfall brought on by hurricanes. It identifies 20% of the island as at high risk, 9% at very high risk, and 1% at extremely high risk of landslides under those conditions.
About 40% of the island is identified as at moderate risk, while 30%, mostly flatter terrain near the coasts, is identified as at low risk of landslides after intense rainfall.READ MORE

Smart Cities DiveU.S. cities are currently responding to heightened concern around the growing outbreak of the new coronavirus, or COVID-19. To stay on top of local-level mitigation, Smart Cities Dive will regularly update this tracker with aggregated news and headlines regarding the virus' impact on cities.
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Smart Cities DiveAs cities respond to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) and are forced to digitize many of their services, technology will play a key role in communicating information, tracking cases and maintaining normal levels of government service, industry experts say. Cities will also need to put more of their everyday services online, especially as residents are urged to self-isolate and many government employees working remotely.READ MORE

PlanetSwift Geospatial uses Planet data in concert with other geospatial data and analytics software to create products for their clients that provide solutions to such problems. With Swift Geospatial’s platform, customers can see when a compartment was harvested, if a compartment was harvested on accident, or if certain species of trees within a compartment were harvested incorrectly. With the help of daily imagery, forest managers can even catch accidental harvesting as it’s beginning and let a contractor know to stop cutting compartments before they’re ready to be harvested, reducing overall losses.READ MORE

Smart Cities DiveThe Smart Cities Council has developed a new collaborative online tool for cities to mitigate their response to the new coronavirus (COVID-19). The tool is a framework that gathers official resources in one place, allows team members to collaborate in realtime, publishes the information in the format best suited for the specific audience and allows stakeholders to view how other cities are handling the response.READ MORE

GISuserThe planet sweated it out again, as February 2020 ranked as the second-hottest February in the 141-year global climate record, according to scientists at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information. In addition, meteorological winter hardly made an appearance in large parts of the Northern Hemisphere, as both Europe and Asia recorded their warmest winters ever.
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Smart Cities DiveNew York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the "zero waste" goal in April 2015, later calling for citywide curbside organics collection among other programs. While the city's Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has worked to expand recycling programs for electronics, textiles and organics since then, many stakeholders are beginning to recognize that momentum toward the 2030 target may have stalled. DSNY's latest figures show a residential diversion rate of slightly more than 18%.
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